# Petrie found a Thutmose III-period potsherd at Mine L and the statuette at a Hatshepsut-period shrine, and Albright's…

> Petrie found a Thutmose III-period potsherd at Mine L and the statuette at a Hatshepsut-period shrine, and Albright's palaeographic sequence placed the…

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# Petrie found a Thutmose III-period potsherd at Mine L and the statuette at a Hatshepsut-period shrine, and Albright's…

Petrie found a Thutmose III-period potsherd at Mine L and the statuette at a Hatshepsut-period shrine, and Albright's palaeographic sequence placed the texts at 1525-1475 BC.

Suggestive0

## What it means

Key question[When were the Serabit el-Khadim inscriptions written: in the Middle Kingdom, about 1850 BC, or in the New Kingdom?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/questions/QST0DEDW70ERVE3/when-were-the-serabit-el-khadim-inscriptions-written-in-the)

4 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Early New Kingdom, c. 1550-1450 BC](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/answers/ANS0DEDXXM9QW28/early-new-kingdom-c-1550-1450-bc)

Supports1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 2

[Researches in Sinai](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHGPCAVPJ/researches-in-sinai)

Petrie 1906

SRC

[The Proto-Sinaitic Inscriptions and Their Decipherment](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHK7BXY9J/the-proto-sinaitic-inscriptions-and-their-decipherment)

Albright 1966

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Petrie found a Thutmose III-period potsherd at Mine L and the statuette at a Hatshepsut-period shrine, and Albright's… [Evidence EVD0DEEAABC7Y8G]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEAABC7Y8G
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Key

**EVD** 0DEEAABC7Y8G

Kind

Evidence

Tier

Suggestive

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